Monday, May 8, 2017

Former Las Vegas security guard sentenced to 10 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting hotel guest privateofficer.com

Las Vegas NV May 8 2017 A former security guard was
sentenced Friday to 10 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting a female
tourist in her hotel room.

Jerry Johnson, 48, was found guilty of sexual
assault at a trial in February, while being acquitted of another similar
allegation.

Prosecutors alleged that Jerry Earl Johnson took
advantage of two drunken women within a month’s span in 2009.

Johnson’s defense attorneys argued throughout the
trial that he had been falsely accused twice.

The first allegation was made in February 2009, when
a woman said she returned drunk to the Wyndham Grand Desert hotel, near Harmon
Avenue and Koval Lane, and a security guard helped her up to her room. She told
police the guard then raped her. The jury acquitted Johnson of that charge.

A month later, another woman made similar
allegations and said her assailant resembled LL Cool J, prosecutors said.
Johnson was convicted in that attack, from which DNA evidence was collected.